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Ochoa Chardonnay/Viura:WHY Is This Not YOUR Summer White?

Truly spectacular, planet-class fruit, 174 years of winemaking expertise, and the unfailing judgment and humility required to taste your grapes, trust their character, and say, “Let me let these speak for themselves”, results in little miracles like this, one of the best value wines of any type it has ever been my pleasure to taste.

Wine and Food Pairing is “Bullshit”…Just Ask Tim Hanni.

“A perfect wine pairing doesn’t exist. We’re doing a lot of damage the way we’re matching wine and categorizing it.”

Tendril Wine Cellars: A STUNNING 180 Degree Reversal of A Paradigm

Tendril is simply the best American winery for Pinot Noir that I have ever come across; even including all those Sonoma and Mt. Eden and San Luis Obispo wineries I love.

Hacienda Lopez de Haro: The Soul of Rioja

With this tannic structure, lovely acidity, and forward fruit, this is a genuine stunner. 

A Total Abandonment of Principles, Courtesy of The Inn at Port Ludlow and Alexandria Nicole Cellars

Finally…the single most important consideration in choosing your big wine dinner: Realistic Expectations.

Beer, Wine, & Spirits: The Good, The Bad, and The Big Fat Middle

By far, the largest sub-group of American Indie/craft breweries is the one for which I’ve borrowed a term from my pals Chris Carter and Doug Baldwin: “A-ight”

Concannon Vineyards: Shocked on Tesla Road

Concannon Vineyards is one of the most emphatic and pleasurable shocks I’ve been given in my last ten years as a wine writer

Doug McCrea: A Small Paean and a Large Plea For Ideas

Doug McCrea has earned the respect of winemakers across this entire country, has made an extraordinary and incalculable contribution to whatever Washington wine has evolved into, here in 2018.

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